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  Asiatic 
  Mammals. 
  637 
  

  

  and 
  foramen 
  lacerum 
  posterius. 
  Profile 
  of 
  skull 
  as 
  A. 
  bin- 
  

   turong. 
  Cheek-teeth 
  extremely 
  reduced, 
  small, 
  and 
  rounded. 
  

   P 
  4 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  protocone 
  ; 
  m 
  x 
  much 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  p 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  half 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  

   outer. 
  

  

  A. 
  pageli 
  differs 
  as 
  much 
  from 
  A. 
  binturong 
  (Raffl.) 
  from 
  

   Further 
  India, 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  Sumatra, 
  and 
  Java, 
  as 
  it 
  

   does 
  from 
  A. 
  whitei, 
  Allen, 
  from 
  Palawan 
  (photographs 
  of 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  kindly 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen, 
  of 
  

   New 
  York). 
  In 
  A. 
  binturong 
  (typo 
  locality 
  : 
  Malacca) 
  the 
  

   bullae 
  are 
  strongly 
  inflated 
  between 
  carotic 
  canal 
  and 
  the 
  

   foramen 
  lacerum 
  posterius; 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  A, 
  whitei 
  

   available 
  for 
  examination 
  the 
  occipital 
  region 
  is 
  broken, 
  so 
  

   that 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  bullae 
  is 
  impossible. 
  13iit 
  the 
  

   differences 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  cheek-teeth 
  are 
  evident 
  

   enough, 
  and 
  show 
  the 
  distinctness 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  species. 
  In 
  

   A. 
  binturong 
  p± 
  is 
  distinctly 
  triangular; 
  in 
  A. 
  whiiei 
  it 
  is 
  

   obtusely 
  oval 
  (or 
  better 
  pentagonal) 
  and 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long 
  ; 
  in 
  A. 
  pageli 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  obtusely 
  triangular 
  and 
  much 
  

   reduced. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  960 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  890. 
  (Taken 
  from 
  the 
  dried 
  

   skin.) 
  

  

  Skull: 
  basilar 
  length 
  120; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  77*5; 
  mas- 
  

   toid 
  width 
  54*1; 
  palatilar 
  length 
  69*5; 
  intertemporal 
  con- 
  

   striction 
  36 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  tooth-row 
  (c— 
  m 
  2 
  ) 
  40 
  ; 
  />*, 
  

   length 
  7*5, 
  greatest 
  oblique 
  diameter 
  7*9. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Female 
  adult. 
  Royal 
  Zoological 
  Museum, 
  Berlin 
  : 
  

   A. 
  85. 
  10. 
  49. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Page!. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Sandakan, 
  N. 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined 
  from 
  La 
  Datu, 
  N. 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  from 
  

   Sarawak. 
  

  

  Viverricula 
  pallida 
  taivana, 
  subsp. 
  

  

  An 
  insular 
  representative 
  of 
  Viverricula 
  pallida, 
  Gray, 
  from 
  

   Southern 
  China, 
  chiefly 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  its 
  shorter 
  

   coat, 
  more 
  definite 
  markings, 
  brighter 
  ground-colour, 
  and 
  

   smaller, 
  quite 
  differently 
  shaped 
  bullae. 
  

  

  Pelage 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  V. 
  pallida, 
  but 
  still 
  longer 
  than 
  

   in 
  V. 
  malacce?isis 
  or 
  rasse. 
  Consequently 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  

   much 
  more 
  distinct. 
  Ground-colour 
  of 
  upper 
  parts 
  about 
  

   Ridgway's 
  " 
  cream-colour/' 
  whereas 
  in 
  V. 
  pallida 
  it 
  is 
  some- 
  

   where 
  between 
  "ochraceous 
  buff" 
  and 
  " 
  buff." 
  Longitudinal 
  

   dorsal 
  stripes 
  " 
  seal-brown 
  " 
  ; 
  neck 
  suffused 
  " 
  cream-colour 
  " 
  

   and 
  "seal-brown"; 
  chin 
  white. 
  A 
  dark 
  transverse 
  stripe 
  

   on 
  throat 
  usually 
  present. 
  Chest 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  belly 
  dirty 
  

  

  